"… it's time for the opening lecture in Test Design 101: Consider: a woman claims to be a musician. You seat her at a piano and demand that she prove her claim. She cannot play the piano, and you conclude that her claim has been invalidated. Hardly. You see, the lady is a cellist…. You cannot challenge a claimant to do something they've never claimed they can do. That's why, at the JREF, we design a protocol only after the applicant has clearly stated (a) what they can do, (b) under what conditions, and (c) with what expected degree of success. And, the applicant must find the protocol appropriate, fair, agreeable, and adequate to prove their claim."
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Swift, 21 October 2005, "Good Intentions"; about testing paranormal claims.
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James Randi
James Randi (7 August 1928 - 20 October 2020), born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge and also known as The Amazing Randi, was a Canadian-American stage magician, skeptic, and an opponent of pseudoscience. He was also editor and primary author of Swift, the James Randi Educational Foundation's weekly online publication.
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